06-17-2006, 03:15 PM
Quote:Bismillah:
yet Jeses said that the father is <b>GREATER</b> than him. so there is one greater than the other. which gives clear indication that they are NOT equal.
you know well that people have seen, walked and talked to Jesus pbuh during his lifetime. and yet you say he is God. but again you mentioned in the above statement that <b>NOBODY CAN SEE GOD.</b>
Salam
Wael
God had to humiliate Himself and become fully man for people to see him.
As far as John 14:28 is concerned I'd say the following:
"My Father is greater than I."
This statement must be understood in light of the witness of this Gospel fo the full deity of the Son, His equality and oneness with the Father (v. 9; 1:1; 10:30). The Son voluntarily veiled His glory here to follow the way of humble obedience.
<b>Phil: 2: 6-11</b>
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.